At least 20 people have been killed
in a suicide bomb attack at the police academy in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa,
medics and security officials say.
Police sources said the bomber had blown himself up among a crowd of cadets
as they left the academy after classes finished for the day.Dozens of people were wounded and many ambulances rushed to the scene.
Islamist militants have vowed to launch attacks in retaliation for an ongoing army offensive on their strongholds.
In May, more than 90 soldiers were killed when a suicide bomber dressed in army uniform blew himself up during a parade rehearsal in Sanaa.
Ansar al-Sharia, an offshoot of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, said it had carried out the attack - the deadliest in the capital since Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi was elected president in February.
The group took advantage of the instability resulting from the popular uprising that forced Mr Hadi's predecessor, Ali Abdullah Saleh, to step down in November after 32 years in power.
After coming to power, Mr Hadi said one of his most important tasks was the continuation of the war on al-Qaeda and instructed the military to regain control of several key towns in the southern province of Abyan.
Last month, the army recaptured the provincial capital, Zinjibar, after a campaign which left hundreds of militants and dozens of soldiers dead.
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